modeling-app/docs/kcl/revolve.md

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revolve	Rotate a sketch around some provided axis, creating a solid from its extent.	manual

Rotate a sketch around some provided axis, creating a solid from its extent.

This, like extrude, is able to create a 3-dimensional solid from a 2-dimensional sketch. However, unlike extrude, this creates a solid by using the extent of the sketch as its revolved around an axis rather than using the extent of the sketch linearly translated through a third dimension.

Revolve occurs around a local sketch axis rather than a global axis.

You can provide more than one sketch to revolve, and they will all be revolved around the same axis.

revolve(
  data: RevolveData,
  sketches: [Sketch],
): [Solid]

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
data	RevolveData	Data for revolution surfaces.	Yes
sketches	[Sketch]		Yes

Returns

[Solid]

Examples

part001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([4, 12], %)
  |> line(end = [2, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [4, -6])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [-3.75, -4.5])
  |> line(end = [0, -5.5])
  |> line(end = [-2, 0])
  |> close()
  |> revolve({ axis = 'y' }, %) // default angle is 360

// A donut shape.
sketch001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> circle(center = [15, 0], radius = 5)
  |> revolve({ angle = 360, axis = 'y' }, %)

part001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([4, 12], %)
  |> line(end = [2, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [4, -6])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [-3.75, -4.5])
  |> line(end = [0, -5.5])
  |> line(end = [-2, 0])
  |> close()
  |> revolve({ axis = 'y', angle = 180 }, %)

part001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([4, 12], %)
  |> line(end = [2, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [4, -6])
  |> line(end = [0, -6])
  |> line(end = [-3.75, -4.5])
  |> line(end = [0, -5.5])
  |> line(end = [-2, 0])
  |> close()
  |> revolve({ axis = 'y', angle = 180 }, %)
part002 = startSketchOn(part001, 'end')
  |> startProfileAt([4.5, -5], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 5])
  |> line(end = [5, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -5])
  |> close()
  |> extrude(length = 5)

box = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 20])
  |> line(end = [20, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -20])
  |> close()
  |> extrude(length = 20)

sketch001 = startSketchOn(box, "END")
  |> circle(center = [10, 10], radius = 4)
  |> revolve({ angle = -90, axis = 'y' }, %)

box = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 20])
  |> line(end = [20, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -20], tag = $revolveAxis)
  |> close()
  |> extrude(length = 20)

sketch001 = startSketchOn(box, "END")
  |> circle(center = [10, 10], radius = 4)
  |> revolve({
       angle = 90,
       axis = getOppositeEdge(revolveAxis)
     }, %)

box = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 20])
  |> line(end = [20, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -20], tag = $revolveAxis)
  |> close()
  |> extrude(length = 20)

sketch001 = startSketchOn(box, "END")
  |> circle(center = [10, 10], radius = 4)
  |> revolve({
       angle = 90,
       axis = getOppositeEdge(revolveAxis),
       tolerance = 0.0001
     }, %)

sketch001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([10, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [5, -5])
  |> line(end = [5, 5])
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

part001 = revolve({
  axis = {
    custom = {
      axis = [0.0, 1.0],
      origin = [0.0, 0.0]
    }
  }
}, sketch001)

// Revolve two sketches around the same axis.


sketch001 = startSketchOn('XY')
profile001 = startProfileAt([4, 8], sketch001)
  |> xLine(length = 3)
  |> yLine(length = -3)
  |> xLine(length = -3)
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

profile002 = startProfileAt([-5, 8], sketch001)
  |> xLine(length = 3)
  |> yLine(length = -3)
  |> xLine(length = -3)
  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
  |> close()

revolve({ axis = "X" }, [profile001, profile002])

// Revolve around a path that has not been extruded.


profile001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 20], tag = $revolveAxis)
  |> line(end = [20, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, -20])
  |> close(%)

sketch001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> circle(center = [-10, 10], radius = 4)
  |> revolve({ angle = 90, axis = revolveAxis }, %)

// Revolve around a path that has not been extruded or closed.


profile001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([0, 0], %)
  |> line(end = [0, 20], tag = $revolveAxis)
  |> line(end = [20, 0])

sketch001 = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> circle(center = [-10, 10], radius = 4)
  |> revolve({ angle = 90, axis = revolveAxis }, %)